Programs
Shelter the homeless.
Feed the hungry.
Care for those in need
with Christian love and kindness.
Faith Mission is the only emergency facility in Elkhart County where shelter, meals, clothing and long-term recovery programs are provided all in one place.
Our doors are open 365 days a year to Elkhart County’s neediest men, women and children, regardless of origin, creed, age or gender. Once each person’s basic needs are met, we go to work restoring lives through our long-term residential and community network programs.
Faith Mission Elkhart Stats
During the 2010 year, Faith Mission of Elkhart provided Emergency Shelter and Transitional Housing to 529 individuals*:
Men– 359
Women– 126
Families–37/Children-44
Meals are provided 3 times a day 7 days a week all year long to residents. Residents who work are provided a lunch to take with them. Faith Mission also provides lunch and dinner 7 days a week all year long for our free community walk-in meals program. Faith Mission served a total of 205,552 meals:
Resident Meals served – 154,686
Walk-in Meals served– 50,896
Thanksgiving and Christmas meals delivered– 325
Chapel services are provided on Sunday and a service is held every evening:
Chapel Attendance– 17,430
Faith Mission helped residents acquire employment either full time, part time or day labor:
Jobs Acquired– 211
Faith Mission will refer residents to other community agencies if they need help with something that we can not provide.
Faith Mission provides counseling and classes in for residents:
Counseling Sessions– 408
Case Management Sessions– 5,511
* Unduplicated Count
